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Season 7  "Mother Simpson"  7x8

Aired 28 years ago - Nov 19, 1995

Homer discovers that his mother is still alive, a former radical who is a fugitive from the law. When her old nemesis Burns spots her and tips off the FBI, she is forced to return to the underground.

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Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 1
Get out of here, you ghouls!
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 2
When I asked you if that dummy was to fake your own death, you told me no.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 3
I'll just make the change here. And you're all set.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 4
Well, how about this? This thing says my mother's still alive!
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 5
"Here lies"-
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 6
Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 7
I didn't want to cause a fuss, but now that you mention it.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 8
Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 9
It wasn't your fault.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 10
Oh, my! Such clever grandchildren.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 11
Hmm, 75 bucks a pop plus interest and penalties.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 12
You remembered.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 13
Although, I hardly consider A Separate Peace the ninth-grade level.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 14
Gotta run! Grandma stuff!
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 15
Whenever we ask her where she's been all this time, she changes the subject.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 16
Woo-hoo! I'm so glad to have my mom back.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 17
I guess I was just a horrible son and no mother would want me.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 18
Spill it, Muddy Mae, or we're calling the cops!
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 19
- Time for bed. - Sing me my bedtime song, Mom.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 20
Probably. I'm trying to watch the Super Bowl.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 21
His wild, untamed facial hair...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 22
I soon found people who shared my views at the state college.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 23
it's no match for my glower power.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 24
Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 25
Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 26
My germs!
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 27
Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 28
Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 29
Jerry Rubin gave me a job marketing his line of health shakes...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 30
Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 31
But from when? And in what capacity?
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 32
She has the sloping brow and cranial bumpage of the career criminal.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 33
Maybe she thought the war in Southeast Asia was so immoral her end justified the means.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 34
Rhetorical, eh?
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 35
Now, here's a piece of bad news.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 36
- Oh, Abe! - Well, I tried. What's for supper?
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 37
Look at me, Grandma. I'm a hippie. Peace, man.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 38
Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 39
Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 40
We know the fugitive visited that tombstone. Whose tombstone was it?
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 41
Grandma, have you ever thought about moving back to Springfield?

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Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 2
When I asked you if that dummy was to fake your own death, you told me no.
#2 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 3
I'll just make the change here. And you're all set.
#3 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 4
Well, how about this? This thing says my mother's still alive!
#4 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 5
"Here lies"-
#5 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 6 #6 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 7
I didn't want to cause a fuss, but now that you mention it.
#7 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 8 #8 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 9
It wasn't your fault.
#9 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 10
Oh, my! Such clever grandchildren.
#10 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 11
Hmm, 75 bucks a pop plus interest and penalties.
#11 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 12
You remembered.
#12 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 13
Although, I hardly consider A Separate Peace the ninth-grade level.
#13 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 14
Gotta run! Grandma stuff!
#14 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 15
Whenever we ask her where she's been all this time, she changes the subject.
#15 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 16
Woo-hoo! I'm so glad to have my mom back.
#16 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 17
I guess I was just a horrible son and no mother would want me.
#17 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 18
Spill it, Muddy Mae, or we're calling the cops!
#18 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 19
- Time for bed. - Sing me my bedtime song, Mom.
#19 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 20
Probably. I'm trying to watch the Super Bowl.
#20 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 21
His wild, untamed facial hair...
#21 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 22
I soon found people who shared my views at the state college.
#22 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 23
it's no match for my glower power.
#23 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 24 #24 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 25 #25 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 26
My germs!
#26 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 27 #27 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 28 #28 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 29
Jerry Rubin gave me a job marketing his line of health shakes...
#29 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 30 #30 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 31
But from when? And in what capacity?
#31 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 32
She has the sloping brow and cranial bumpage of the career criminal.
#32 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 33
Maybe she thought the war in Southeast Asia was so immoral her end justified the means.
#33 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 34
Rhetorical, eh?
#34 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 35
Now, here's a piece of bad news.
#35 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 36
- Oh, Abe! - Well, I tried. What's for supper?
#36 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 37
Look at me, Grandma. I'm a hippie. Peace, man.
#37 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 38 #38 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 39 #39 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 40
We know the fugitive visited that tombstone. Whose tombstone was it?
#40 Recap of The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 8 (S07E08) - 41
Grandma, have you ever thought about moving back to Springfield?
#41